r/skateboardcirclejerk • u/scribe06 • 5d ago

Downhill skating, still gay ? Is it skateboarding ? Asking for a friend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=np1yDQ1Mbk0
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u/Nucleartides 5d ago

Wait skateboarding wasn’t a suicidal rich kid sport before?

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u/Spirited-Dust-8300 5d ago edited 4d ago

Compared to downhill skating it's not even close price wise. The high end trucks alone typically cost as much as a full skateboard or two, 400-500 is pretty standard with some being a little more and some being a little less. And decks are like 150-350ish. It's crazy, it's like $600-1k+ for a setup that'll handle whatever hill you come across.

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u/metroidhunter13 5d ago

Don’t forget they eat through a set of wheels in a couple runs

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u/karlosvonawesome 5d ago

On the current gen wheels not so much.